PE Week 5-8

Question 1

also called performance or concert dance, is intended primarily as a spectacle, usually a performance upon a stage by virtuoso dancers

Answer 1

theatrical dance

Question 2

Example of theatrical dances

Answer 2

ballet
modern dance

Question 3

is one of the most widely known forms of theatrical
dance. The movements are fluid and graceful, and the classical style is symmetrical in terms of the dancers’ bodies

Answer 3

ballet

Question 4

is often concerned with the communication of emotions or ideas through the medium of movement. Sometimes it is concerned simply with
movement itself. It is a free, expressive style of dancing started in the early 20th century as a reaction to classical ballet.

Answer 4

modern dance

Question 5

are considered as the founders of American modern dance

Answer 5

Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis

Question 6

basic natural movements

Answer 6

locomotor and non locomotor movements

Question 7

are those that move the body in space in any direction with the feet as the moving base

Answer 7

locomotor

Question 8

are those in which various parts of the body move in space with a fixed base. The base may be standing, kneeling, sitting or lying

Answer 8

non locomotor

Question 9

Bending or shortening of a body part occurring at a joint

Answer 9

flexion

Question 10

Turning, twisting or circling

Answer 10

extension

Question 11

Swinging/ swaying arms forward, backward or sideward

Answer 11

pendular

Question 12

Striking and hitting: pushing and pulling

Answer 12

percussive

Question 13

Shaking and beating

Answer 13

vibratory

Question 14

A slow, smooth flowing movement with a balance of movement throughout the entire series.

Answer 14

sustained

Question 15

A sharp movement followed by a series of slow or prolonged movements until a peak is reached

Answer 15

suspended